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The Danish American Archive and Library (DAAL) has a variety of resources available for researchers, genealogists and other interested persons for use online and in its office in Blair, Nebraska. These include:

  • The Archive's main site with current and past newsletters and descriptions of various collections available at the Blair office with some sample digitized materials
  • The Archive's Digital Archive (this site) containing various large collections of digital images made publicly available
  • A second digital archiving system containing a wide variety of digital images, catalogs and recordings (audio and video) available in the Archive's office in Blair
  • A Facebook page focused on activities at or related to the Archive
  • A searchable catalog of the holdings of the Archive.
  • Other resources available on-site at the Blair office:
    • Digitized portions of the family and personal collections
    • Databases:
      • List of the DAAL's collections
      • Danish Brotherhood and Sisterhood Membership records
      • Obituaries (mostly of Danish descent)
      • Music recordings and Cassette tapes at the DAAL, including many recordings from archive of Lauritz Melchior
      • Oral history recordings: history of Danes in America; Dana College history; Washington County history
      • List of Dana students, faculty and staff through the years
      • List of periodicals (many in Danish) available at the DAAL
      • And much other material.

For further information, drop by the office at 1738 Washington Street in Blair, Nebraska, or contact us at +1 (402) 426-7910 or at info@danishamericanarchive.com.

The two principal sister institutions of the Archive are The Museum of Danish America (Elk Horn, Iowa) and Grand View University (Des Moines, Iowa). 

The Museum of Danish America has a large on-line collection of interest to anyone of Danish ancestry.

Grand View University has a large collection of digitized materials related to Danish Immigration to America as well as other more general references.